Ma Zhengqi (Chinese: 马正其; born March 1959) is a retired Chinese politician. He served as deputy director of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce between 2013 and 2018 and deputy director of the State Administration for Market Regulation between 2018 and 2019.[1] He was a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 13th Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Ma Zhengqi | |||||||
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马正其 | |||||||
| Deputy Director of the State Administration for Market Regulation | |||||||
| In office March 2018 – May 2019 | |||||||
| Leader | Zhang Mao (director) | ||||||
| Deputy Director of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce | |||||||
| In office April 2013 – March 2018 | |||||||
| Leader | Zhang Mao (director) | ||||||
| Preceded by | Teng Jiacai | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Position revoked | ||||||
| Executive Vice-Mayor of Chongqing | |||||||
| In office April 2010 – April 2013 | |||||||
| Leader | Wang Hongju (mayor) | ||||||
| Preceded by | Huang Qifan | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Weng Jieming | ||||||
| Vice-Mayor of Chongqing | |||||||
| In office January 2007 – April 2010 | |||||||
| Leader | Wang Hongju (mayor) | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | March 1959 (age 65) Yongchuan County, Sichuan, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Chongqing Normal University Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 馬正其 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 马正其 | ||||||
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Early life and education
editMa was born and raised in Yongchuan County, Sichuan. He graduated from Chongqing Normal University, majoring in Chinese language and literature.
Political career
editMa entered the workforce in October 1976 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1977.[citation needed]
Beginning in 1976, he served in several posts in Yongchuan County, including public security member, director, and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary.[citation needed]
In May 1994, he was appointed the CCP Committee Secretary of Rongchang County, he remained in that position until April 1997, when he was transferred to Chongqing and appointed the deputy secretary-general of Chongqing Government.[2]
He became the CCP party chief of Wanzhou District in June 2002, he was re-appointed in January 2003.[2]
Ma was elevated to the vice-mayor of Chongqing in January 2007, rising to executive vice-mayor in April 2010.[2]
He was promoted to become the deputy director of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce in April 2013, a position he held until March 2018. In March 2018, he became deputy director of the State Administration for Market Regulation, serving in the post until his retirement in May 2019.[2]
In the middle of 2013, during the anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping, a Chinese journalist Liu Hu accused him of corruption in real-name reporting, but the Chinese government protected him.[3][4][5][6] Lai Dong (赖东; 賴東), a local official of Wanzhou District said to the reporter of Beijing Times (京华时报; 京華時報), "Over the years, report hasn't been interrupted, but haven't got the result." (“这么多年来，举报一直没间断，但一直没结果。”)[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 副局长马正其个人简历. State Administration for Industry and Commerce. 2013-07-29. Archived from the original on 2013-08-06.
- ^ a b c d 人民网马正其同志简历. People.com. 18 September 2012.
- ^ "China Releases Investigative Journalist After Almost Year in Jail". Newsweek. 2014.
- ^ "Detained investigative journalist formally charged". en.rsf.org. 10 October 2013.
- ^ 记者刘虎涉诽谤罪被批捕 此前因涉传谣被刑拘. Tencent (in Chinese). 2013.
- ^ 《新快报》记者刘虎在重庆家中被北京警方带走. 163.com (in Chinese). 23 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ 记者刘虎微博举报工商总局副局长马正其渎职. Sina (in Chinese). 30 July 2013.